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We have a number of PhD studentships available for photography related projects based 
on the Belfast campus. These pay tuition fees and an annual maintenance award of not 
less than £13,489 per annum. Full awards are available only to applicants normally 
resident in the UK. Applicants for these awards must have or expect to obtain in Summer 
2010 the minimum of an upper second class honours degree in a subject area appropriate 
to the project. Please forward this to any graduates or masters students who you think 
might be interested. We welcome applications outside of these areas but applicants 
researching within the published topics will be prioritised for funding.



Photographic Interrogation of Conflict, Disaster and Social Fracture
Supervisors: Prof Paul Seawright, Donovan Wylie, Prof Willie Doherty, 

This project evaluates media coverage of 'extreme' events - Although the project has had 
a particular focus on Northern Ireland it is interested in the mediation of a wide range of 
international and civil conflicts, disasters and refugee emergencies. Much of the media 
representation is produced within these situations by non-indigenous practitioners in a 
professional media context. Does this significantly alter the residual archive and how 
does it influence the collective memory of those involved? The project asks if 
photographic and video practice can develop alternative critical models for interpreting 
extreme events. Can the language of art practice provide valuable insights into contested 
situations? Is art made by those 'internal' to particular circumstances simply more 
authentic or is it contributory? We are interested in receiving applications to develop a 
body of research (either a combination of visual and text-based research, or a solely 
text-based research proposal) for a three-year full time PhD.

Space and Place - Photography and the City
Supervisors: Prof Paul Seawright, Prof Liam Kelly, Prof Terry Wright

Applications are invited for the PhD project Space and Place - Photography and the City. 
The successful candidate's will have developed a research application in the areas of 
photographic theory, photographic practice or interdisciplinary research that has 
photographic practice and its relationship to city spaces as a significant focus. We are 
interested in receiving applications to develop a body of research (either a combination of 
visual and text-based research, or a solely text-based research proposal) for a three-year 
full time PhD. Topics may include (but are not limited to) representation of developing 
cities, photography as a method in the investigation of population density or 
sustainability, the vernacular city, informal cities, colonial and post-colonial readings of 
cities, city as metaphor, the imaginary city, the ruin.

Art, Photography and Documentary Practice
Supervisors: Prof Paul Seawright, Dr KayLynn Deveney

Applications are invited for the PhD project competition in Art and Photography which 
relate to documentary practice. We invite research proposals that investigate the impact 
of the documentary form on art and artists and vice versa. Encompassing film, 
photography, video and installation art, research will focus on the dialogue between art 
and documentary. The project seeks to question the traditional opposition between art 
and documentary, and investigate/propose new forms of socially engaged art practice. 
We are interested in receiving applications to develop a body of research (either a 
combination of visual and text-based research, or a solely text-based research proposal) 
for a three-year full time PhD.

For further details on these topic please see link below (Art & Design)

http://www.adbe.ulster.ac.uk/schools/graduate_school/phd/opportunities